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A Quarterly Newsletter of the Nile Basin Initiative Secretariat

Volume 15, Issue 2 - June 2018

INSIDE

Establishment of the Regional Nile Basin Hydromet System in the offing

1

Message from the Executive Director 2

Improving resilience of water water infrastructure projects in the face of climate change

6

All aboard the Nile Basin! Why only collective action will enable us to reach our destination

8

More national stakeholders to be engaged on Nile Cooperation issues

10

NBI’s Regional Dam Safety Coordinator elected at the International Commission on Large Dams

11

News highlights… 12

GIZ and NBI sign implementation agreements for three projects 12

Lake Victoria Basin Commission and Nile Basin Initiative to enhance cooperation

12

What’s On? July – Sept, 2018 13

There are 17 Ramsar sites in the Nile BasinFind out more: http://atlas.nilebasin.org/treatise/wetlands-in-the-nile-basin/

Establishment of the Regional Nile Basin Hydromet System in the offingAt least 53 hydrological monitoring stations in Nile Basin countries targeted

Capacity of National staff will be further developed in river flow measurements, sediment monitoring, water quality sampling, among others.

Establishment of the Regional Nile Basin Hydromet

System will provide real time data on river flows, water

levels, water quality and sediment transport as well

as reservoir/lake levels, will soon be underway. This

follows funding of approximately USD 5.85 million mobilised by

NBI under the ‘European Union-BMZ Nile Basin Transboundary

Water Cooperation Project’.

The Regional Nile Basin Hydromet System Design was approved

by the Nile Council of Ministers (Nile-COM) in 2015. It is part

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MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

This June issue coincides with the end of

our financial year and as such, one of the

key activities during the quarter has been

preparing the work plan and budget for the

new financial year, July 2018 – June 2019. The work

plan and budget will be presented to our governance

during the upcoming annual meeting.

This issue also happens to be my last opportunity to

address you through our quarterly Nile News, as my two-

year tenure as Executive Director of the NBI Secretariat

will come to an end on August 31, 2018.

I feel highly privileged to have served this unprecedented

organisation, which provides the only basin-wide

platform for cooperative management and development

of the shared Nile Basin water and related resources.

Allow me to highlight some of the key milestones since

I joined the Secretariat in September 2016. These

include the approval by governance of the NBI 10-year

Strategy for the period 2017 – 2027. The Strategy whose

implementation is under way through the three NBI

Centres’ specific 5-year strategic plans, provides clear

linkages between the key development goals of water,

energy, food and environment and focusses on win-win

harnessing of these natural resources.

Other key strategy documents developed include the

overarching NBI Communication and Stakeholder

Engagement Strategy 2018 – 2023; the NBI Financing

Strategy 2017-2022 and the Resource Mobilisation

Action Plan 2017-2022.

In order to enhance leadership stability and strengthen

programme integration and coordination as well as

reinforce planning and monitoring, the Nile Council of

Ministers approved a new management structure for

the Secretariat that introduced the position of Deputy

Executive Director/Head of the Basin Wide Programme.

Through enormous efforts exerted by Management with

support from our governance, we secured a total of USD

30.26 million from our development partners, towards

implementation of NBI’s programme so as to contribute

to better livelihoods in the Nile Basin. This includes

USD 14.85 million from the European Union and the

German government for the ‘Transboundary Water

Cooperation in the Nile Basin Project’, USD 415,395 from

the German Government Foreign Office for the Hydro-

Diplomacy Project and USD 275,897 from the German

Government Ministry of Environment for the project

on, ‘Enhancing Climate Services for Infrastructure.

Other money received is USD 8.5 million from the World

Bank for the Nile Cooperation for Results (NCORE)

project, USD 220,000 from the French Development

Agency and USD 6.0 million from Global Environment

Facility for a regional project on enhancing conjunctive

management of surface and groundwater resources in

selected transboundary aquifers.

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Regarding financial support from Member States and

in terms of country contributions, Nile-SEC had by 30th

June 2018 received USD 1.3 million out of the expected

USD 3.1 million (USD 1.3 million for the financial year

2016/2017 and USD1.8 million for 2017/2018). This

shortfall has seriously affected the effectiveness of the

Secretariat, which situation could put our organisation

in a dire financial situation if the arrears are not paid.

The Secretariat continued to support efforts by Member

States aimed at bringing back Egypt to participate in

NBI activities. These efforts culminated in the first ever

Nile Basin Heads of State Summit, convened and hosted

by the Government of Uganda in June, 2017. Among

other things, the Summit succeeded in bringing to the

highest political level important issues surrounding

Nile cooperation. It provided the Heads of State the

opportunity to jointly appreciate progress made in

Nile Cooperation and to provide policy and strategic

guidance on how the cooperation can be enhanced so

as to promote socio-economic growth in the Nile Basin

States.

In October, 2017 we held the 5th Nile Basin Development

Forum, one of our key high-level regional events that

brings together various stakeholders to dialogue on Nile

cooperation and Nile Basin issues. The successful three -

day Forum was held under the overall theme: ‘Investing

in Nile Cooperation for a Water Secure Future.’ More

than 400 delegates participated in the Forum and also

witnessed the award giving ceremony of 12 journalists

recognised for excellent reporting on Nile cooperation

issues. The event was hosted by the Government of

Rwanda and sponsored by the German government,

World Bank and Cooperation in International Waters in

Africa (CIWA).

In order to enhance coordination and avoid duplication

of resources in similar regional interventions, we

identified Strategic Partners with whom we have

established or plan to establish MoUs. These strategic

partners include the Intergovernmental Authority

on Development, Nile Basin Discourse, East African

Community/Lake Victoria Basin Commission, Global

Water Partnership Eastern Africa, Inter University

Council for East Africa as well as International Water

Management Institute.

As I come towards the end of my tenure, I would like

to take this opportunity to express my gratitude to the

Government of Rwanda and the Nile Council of Ministers

(Nile-COM) for the trust and confidence entrusted in me

as well as the Nile Technical Advisory Committee (Nile-

TAC) for the technical support and guidance. I would

also like to thank all the staff of NBI for the great team

work and all partners for your ongoing relationship with

NBI. All this has abundantly enabled the remarkable

progress over the period.

Best wishes!

Eng Innocent Ntabana

Through enormous efforts exerted

by Management with support from

our governance, we secured a total

of USD 30.26 million from our

development partners, towards

implementation of NBI’s programme

so as to contribute to better

livelihoods in the Nile Basin.

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Establishment of Regional Nile Basin Hydromet System...

of NBI’s efforts to support collaborative Nile water

resources planning, management and development.

The Regional Nile Basin Hydromet System promotes

knowledge-based water resources planning;

supports efficient water resources management and

contributes to harnessing water resources potentials.

It further contributes to creating viable socio-economic

development opportunities and enhances capacity to

achieve environmental sustainability.

At least 53 hydrological monitoring stations in the NBI

Member States will be rehabilitated, installed, and

commissioned during the period 2018 – 2021.

Besides taking the lead in the implementation, NBI

will provide the technical support and capacity

development needed for each Member State. It will also

avail international, regional and national experts and

contractors to support the rehabilitation/establishment

of stations, data management systems, as well as

capacity building.

Together with the Regional Hydromet Expert Working

Group, NBI will undertake the following main tasks:

► Put in place project execution setup: define

roles and responsibilities and develop collaboration

arrangements (under existing MoU) with Lake

Victoria Basin Commission for synergising basin

monitoring.

► Finalise the Hydromet implementation

approach: the concept and procedure for deploying

the Hydromet Facility, implementation modalities

for each Member State; training needs, procedure

for making data available by each Member State (in

line with the Interim Procedure for Data Sharing and

Exchange), etc. As required, carry out consultation

visits to countries to determine priorities/interests

and identification of key issues.

► Prepare updated design specifications and

tender documents: update baseline information

on national hydrological stations; update design

specifications, tender documents, schedule for

implementation and the associated cost estimates;

define the regional database management system

(data processing workflow, quality control and

quality assurance fundamentally in line with the

implementation of the NBI Integrated Knowledge

Portal); and develop a handbook of the Nile Basin

regional hydromet system.

Traditional Stations will be equipped with state of the art technologies and modern data loggers

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► Prepare agreed detailed specifications of

information products, principles for common

basin monitoring information products, principles

on data standards, etc.

► Form and organise the NBI Basin

Monitoring Forum: to agree on implementation

approach/procedure, final specifications of

equipment and tender documents for each country,

equipment procurement, custom clearance, storage,

implementation arrangements, etc.

► Initiate the procurement process (through

a framework contract): the vendors will provide

the equipment in accordance with the request for

each country for installation and commissioning.

Intensive consultations, engagement and involvement

of the key national actors and stakeholders will be

consistently ensured throughout the entire process to

guarantee countries’ ownership and capacity to operate

and maintain the hydrometric network, undertake field

work and administer national as well as regional data

management systems.

The NBI supported its Member States to develop the

concept, detailed design specifications and a phased

implementation plan for the Regional Nile Basin

Hydromet System during 2014-2016.

Design of the Regional Hydromet System is based on the following facts and criteria:

► Assessment of existing national networks and

technological as well as institutional development

needs.

► Maximum use of and compatibility with existing

network; connected to regional data management

system. Data acquisition and transmission using

satellite based secure technology.

► Enhancing collaborative monitoring of the Nile

Basin and ensuring long-term sustainability.

► Flexible implementation setup and capacity

development integral to the implementation process.

► Making available to Member States information

products generated from shared and validated data

from the basin-wide hydro-meteorological system.

Elizabeth Agiro

Media Relations Expert

Nile-SEC, Entebbe

&

Mohsen Alarabawy (PhD)

River Basin Management Specialist - Water Policy Expert

Nile-SEC, Entebbe

The NBI supported its Member States

to develop the concept, detailed

design specifications and a phased

implementation plan for the Regional

Nile Basin Hydromet System during

2014-2016.

Rehabilitation and renovation of existing stations will ensure protection against vandalism and unauthorised access

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Improving resilience of water water infrastructure projects in the face of climate change

Following the launch of the project on

enhancing Climate Services for Infrastructure

in 2017, the Secretariat has embarked on

implementing the different activities under

the project. One such activity is the forum held recently

with the aim of developing the capacity of key actors

on climate services for infrastructure investments

and infrastructure risk assessment; awareness raising

and taking stock of existing climate services and their

institutional structures, as well as their use in the Nile

Basin context.

This is in addition to facilitating networking between

providers (NMHS) and users (infrastructure owners,

operators, designers and planners) of climate services to

instigate debate about how to increase climate resilience

of water related infrastructures in the Nile Basin; as well

as discussion of future cooperation in the context of the

climate services for infrastructure investment project.

Forum participants drawn from the Nile Basin countries

generated input to an ongoing baseline assessment on

available climate information and its use to improve

water infrastructure projects in the face of climate

change. This information is crucial for developing a

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capacity-building process that will allow countries to

better streamline climate change data into regional

planning processes.

Participants noted that there is limited capacity and

experience with regard to climate risk assessment of

water related infrastructure. Also noted was that the

water storage infrastructure and the services they

provide should be climate proofed in order to get

sustainable water services.

The Forum called for increased dialogue between

engineers or operators and climate scientists, in order

to make climate information more easily available,

accessible and relevant to its users, and ensure

its integration into the planning and operation of

infrastructure projects.

Moving forward, NBI and its partners will facilitate

the implementation of two climate risk assessments for

infrastructure projects in the Basin, in order to generate

best practice examples among Member States, which

will guide NBI in its further support to Member States

on issues surrounding climate change.

The aim of the USD 585,000 project funded by the

German Federal Ministry for the Environment,

Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMUB) is to enable

decision-makers and their technical support structures

in the NBI to use Climate Services in planning and

climate risk assessment of infrastructure investment.

Two major activities will be carried out through the

project; namely; climate risk assessment of selected

planned or existing water infrastructure in the Nile

Equatorial Lakes and the Eastern Nile region as well

as the development of climate proofing guidelines to be

used by NBI Member States.

NBI has a long-standing record of supporting its

Member States in preparing for and dealing with the

effects of climate change, both through its Secretariat

as well as its investment programmes (ENSAP AND

NELSAP). For more information, please view the basin-

wide Climate Change Strategy: https://bit.ly/2jvK0FB

The German Federal Ministry for the Environment,

Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety

provided funding for the activity under the International

Climate Initiative, while the World Bank offered support

through the Cooperation in International Waters in

Africa (CIWA) programme.

Following the Forum was a half day workshop on the

‘State of Knowledge Assessment on Climate Change Pro-

jections over the Nile Basin countries and the impact on

hydrology’. The workshop was the first building block

towards a Nile Basin Climate Change Forum, which will

reinforce the entire process.

Among other things, the workshop provided participants

with the opportunity to share the state of climate change

knowledge and evidence of their countries.

Michael Girma Menker

Senior Regional Climate Advisor to NBI

GIZ - Kampala

&

Modathir Zaroug

Regional Water Resources Modeler

Nile-SEC, Entebbe

The Forum called for increased

dialogue between engineers or

operators and climate scientists, in

order to make climate information

more easily available, accessible and

relevant to its users, and ensure its

integration into the planning and

operation of infrastructure projects.

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You need to get home but the bus keeps

breaking down. If all passengers on the

bus combine efforts and push, they can

successfully reach their destination – safe

and sound. However, instead, some prefer to remain

on board and not contribute to the collective effort.

Eventually those pushing become exhausted and the

destination is not reached. The bus is left abandoned by

the side of the road. No destination and a broken bus –

and confused passengers.

Now imagine that instead everyone agrees to contribute

their energies for a collective cause. Definitely, they

will be able to jointly work out the best route to reduce

their combined efforts and they will ensure a garage

is reached to fix the engine. Quickly the bus is up and

running again and they continue their commutes day

after day, prospering from an efficient and reliable

transport service. Life goes on and everyone benefits

and recognises it.

Now turn the bus into the Nile Basin and its ecosystems,

a source of livelihoods for over 250 million people in

the 11 riparian countries, but now facing enormous

challenges of different natures. The passengers are the

Nile countries sharing the Basin, traversing ecological

and hydrological boundaries characterised by diversity.

We all in principle benefit from this shared system, but

we are concerned about flooding, wetland degradation,

climate change, water pollution, drought, food

insecurity and unreliable access to electricity. We need

to ensure the Basin keeps on delivering the services we

need for our common health, wealth and growth. As

pressure on the system rises, a major breakdown would

be a catastrophe for all people sharing this key resource.

Our task as ‘basin passengers’ on this long journey is to

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figure out how to care for and nurture the system that

has a great potential to provide multiple benefits at many

different levels for all peoples and countries sharing this

Basin. But the potential needs to be transformed into

tangible benefits that reach wider levels of societies.

If, say, the 10 Nile Basin Initiative Member States each

decided to work disconnected of their neighbours’ plans,

as the system starts to break down, soon we will face the

realisation that only genuine collective approaches will

help us continue to reach our respective destinations

– the many services and securities provided by

this shared resource. The Nile Basin Initiative, an

intergovernmental cooperative platform established on

February 22, 1999, provides such a collective umbrella

– a ‘passenger union’ if you will – with the capacity

to enable countries sharing the Basin to cooperate in

identifying and carrying out joint approaches.

The NBI Strategy – the focus of the collective effort -

identifies six strategic priorities to emphasise in the

coming 10 years (2017 - 2027). 1) Enhancing availability

and sustainable management of the transboundary Nile

water resources; 2) Enhancing hydropower development

and increasing interconnectivity of electric grids and

power trade in the Basin; 3) Introducing and promoting,

through analytical work, an approach that examines

and proposes options for addressing the water-food

nexus; 4) Conducting diagnostic studies and preparing

inventories to promote the wise use and sustainable

management of wetlands of transboundary significance;

5) Improving Basin resilience to climate change

impacts; 6) Addressing the issue of transboundary

water governance.

Our Strategy is central to ensuring that we – the

passengers sharing this key resource – continue to work

collectively and treat the Nile Basin as a shared resource

that will help all of us reach our destination and achieve

our goals – together!

The Nile Basin Initiative, an

intergovernmental cooperative

platform established on February

22, 1999, provides such a collective

umbrella

Eng Innocent Ntabana

Executive Director

NBI Secretariat

Wetlands in the Nile Basin are a major source of likelihood for the fishing communities

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The NBI Secretariat held a two-day workshop

on stakeholder mapping exercise for National

Desk Officers and interns from Member

States from May 29-30, 2018 in Entebbe,

Uganda.

The objective of the workshop was to orient Desk

Officers and interns to the stakeholders mapping

exercise and tools in order to allow participants

have a better understanding of the stakeholder

mapping exercise and data collection form with the

aim of creating and maintaining a database of NBI

stakeholders in each of the Member States. This is as

part of efforts by the Secretariat to facilitate in-country

stakeholder engagement so as to enhance awareness of

Nile cooperation and Nile Basin issues.

The workshop was presided over by the Deputy

Executive Director who is also the Head of the Basin

wide programme, Dr Abdulkarim Seid. He reiterated

the need for NBI to conduct the mapping exercise in

order to identify and address the needs of stakeholders

at national level in particular. He emphasised the need

to regularly update the database.

In his presentation, Dr Seid gave an overview of the

NBI and its programmes to enable the participants

have a common understanding. He highlighted NBI’s

Governance structure, the core functions of the

organisation, its Strategy for the next 10 years (2017 –

2027), the Basin-wide programme 2017-2022 and the

political track.

The results from the national stakeholder mapping

exercise will contribute to the successful implementation

of the over arching NBI Communication and Stakeholder

Engagement Strategy for the period 2018 – 2023.

Elizabeth Agiro

Media Relations Expert

Nile-SEC, Entebbe

More national stakeholders to be engaged on Nile Cooperation issues

Silas Mutia, a Desk Officer from Kenya contributes during the workshop

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Eng Michael Abebe, Regional Dam Safety

Coordinator at NBI’s Eastern Nile Technical

Regional Office (ENTRO) in Addis Ababa,

was recently elected Vice President of the

International Commission on Large Dams (ICOLD), for

the next three years. Besides new ideas he put forth at the

Assembly held in Vienna, Austria, to promote Africa’s

dam development activity, Eng. Abebe’s election is in

recognition of his efforts in the promotion of responsible

development of dams, particularly in Africa.

Eng Abebe is also the current Chairman of the Ethiopian

Committee on Large Dams (ETCOLD).

As a member of ICOLD/Ethiopian chapter, Eng. Abebe

had been promoting dam safety and coordinated

cascade operation within the Eastern Nile, even before

he joined ENTRO.

Eng Abebe has succeeded in persuading ICOLD to adopt

ENTRO-prepared ‘Dam Safety Reference Guideline’

as a working document (ICOLD Bulletin). ICOLD is

reviewing the said ENTRO Document. Currently he

is promoting coordination of the operation of cascade

dams in the Eastern Nile, a priority task for all Eastern

Nile countries, their disagreements over the Cooperative

Framework Agreement notwithstanding.

ICOLD is a 90-year old technical non-governmental

International Organisation, which provides a forum

for the exchange of knowledge and experience in

dam engineering. It is based in Paris, France with

membership of 100 countries.

Wubalem Fekade (PhD)

Head of Social Development and Communication Unit

ENTRO – Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

NBI’s Regional Dam Safety Coordinator elected at the International Commission on Large Dams

Eng Abebe has succeeded in

persuading ICOLD to adopt ENTRO-

prepared ‘Dam Safety Reference

Guideline for Eastern Nile’ as a

working document, as well as the

‘Dam Safety Training Modules’.

Eng Michael Abebe

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The Executive Secretary of Lake Victoria Basin Commission

(LVBC), Dr Ali Said Matano, recently visited the NBI

Secretariat to discuss how the two institutions can collaborate

on the management and development of the Lake Victoria

Basin. The latter is a sub-basin of the River Nile Basin.

Dr Matano and the Executive Director of the NBI Secretariat, Eng

Innocent Ntabana, agreed to fast track the signing of the Memorandum

of Understanding and the joint collaboration plan between the two

institutions. They also agreed on immediate areas for collaboration

including implementation of the Regional Hydromet plan; preparation

of the River Nile State of Basin report as well as application of the Nile

Basin Decision Support System.

Among other things, the purpose of the LVBC-NBI Cooperation is to

prevent a fragmented approach to regional water resources management

and reduce overlaps and duplication of water resources management and

development interventions in the region. This is with the goal to “improve

socio-economic conditions and enhance protection and conservation of

aquatic ecosystems in the Lake Victoria and River Nile Basins”.

By Jane K. Baitwa

Communication and Stakeholder Engagement Specialist

Nile-SEC, Entebbe

NEWS HIGHLIGHTS…

The GIZ Country Director for Uganda, Mr

Christian Schnurre and the NBI Executive

Director, Eng Innocent Ntabana on June 12,

2018 signed an implementation agreement

to enable the implementation of three projects.

These include the USD 7 million Biodiversity

Conservation and Sustainable Utilisation of Ecosystem

Services of Wetlands of Transboundary Relevance in

the Nile Basin; ‘Transboundary Water Cooperation

in the Nile Basin, worth USD 14.85 million (from the

European Union and German government) as well as

the Euro 0.5 million project on ‘Enhancing Climate

Services for Infrastructure Investments.

GIZ and NBI sign implementation agreements for three projects

Lake Victoria Basin Commission and Nile Basin Initiative to enhance cooperation

L-R: Eng Ntabana, Mr Schnurre, Dr Malte Grossmann (GIZ representative) and Dr Abdulkarim Seid (Deputy ED, NBI Secretariat) during the signing ceremony held at the NBI Secretariat

Dr Matano (left) receives a copy of the Nile Basin Resources Atlas from Eng Ntabana.

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Dates Activity Venue

2 - 7 July 2nd Regional Wetlands Experts Group Meeting Entebbe

11 - 13 August 26th Nile-COM and 50th Nile-TAC Meetings Bujumbura

18 – 19 August State of the River Nile Basin Report 2018 Addis Ababa

26 - 31 August World Water Week (Consultations with Development Partners) Stockholm

4 - 5 Sept   First Wetlands Valuation Panel of Experts Workshop Nairobi

6 - 7 Sept Environmental Flows Experts Working Group Nairobi

8-9 Sept Experts working group on River flow forecasting Workshop Entebbe

18 – 20 Sept Climate change - Climate Services for Infrastructure workshop Entebbe

WHAT’S ON? July – Sept, 2018

Compiled by Milly Mbuliro, GIS/Remote Sensing Specialist (Nile – SEC, Entebbe)*Source: UN Population Division World Population Prospects 2012

Facts about the Nile Basin

What’s on? January - March 2013

Quiz

Basin Area 3,176 X 103 Km2

Location -4 0S to 310N and 24 0E to 40 0E

Main Tributaries Victoria Nile/Albert Nile, Bahr El Jabel, White Nile, Baro Pibor-Sobat, Blue Nile, Atbara, Bahr El Ghazal

River Length 6,695 Km (one of the world’s longest River)

Estimated Navigable Length 4,149 Km

Countries

Burundi DR Congo

Rwanda

Egypt

South Sudan

Ethiopia

The Sudan

Kenya

Tanzania Uganda Eritrea

Major Lakes within the Basin Lake Victoria, Lake Tana, Lake Kyoga, Lake Albert

Population (Total in all the Nile Countries)* 437 Million

% Population within the Nile Basin* 54% (238 Million)

Temperature Night Minimum -100c and daily Maximum in June 470c

Precipitation Max Annual 2,098 mm/yr in Ethiopia Min Annual 0 mm/yr in Egypt

Mean Annual �ow (Discharge) (m 3/yr) at Aswan 84 X 10 9 m3/yr

Discharge/Unit area 28 X 10 3 m3/Km 2

Main Consumptive Water use Agriculture

Date Activity Venue

Jan NCoRe Project E�ectiveness All Centers

Jan NELTAC/NELCOM Meeting Kigali

11 – 12th Feb Regional Meeting for National NBI Desk O�cers Entebbe

22nd Feb Nile Day celebrations (Regional and National) Bahr Dar, Ethiopia (for regional celebrations)

April 38th Nile-TAC Meeting Entebbe

Compiled by Tom Waako, Projects O�cer, Nile-SEC -Entebbe

Member states

What is the major determinant of population distribution in the Nile Basin?Send your answer to: editor@nilebasin.org

Answer to the previous quiz question The single most important intra basin agricultural trade commodity by volume among the Nile Basin riparian states is maize.

Burundi DR Congo RwandaEgypt South SudanEthiopia The SudanKenya Tanzania Uganda

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this newsletter do not necessarily represent those of NBI, its Member States or Partners

Editorial CommitteeChair Dorothy KaggwaEditor Jane K. BaitwaMembers Tom Waako John Ogwang

Send us your comments and views

Nile Basin Initiative SecretariatP.O. Box 192 Entebbe – UgandaTel +256 414 321 424 +256 414 321 329 +256 417 705 000Fax +256 414 320 971Email nbisec@nilebasin.orgWebsite http://www.nilebasin.org

Compiled by Milly Mbuliro, GIS/Remote Sensing Specialist (Nile – SEC, Entebbe)*Source: UN Population Division World Population Prospects 2012

Facts about the Nile Basin

What’s on? January - March 2013

Quiz

Basin Area 3,176 X 103 Km2

Location -4 0S to 310N and 24 0E to 40 0E

Main Tributaries Victoria Nile/Albert Nile, Bahr El Jabel, White Nile, Baro Pibor-Sobat, Blue Nile, Atbara, Bahr El Ghazal

River Length 6,695 Km (one of the world’s longest River)

Estimated Navigable Length 4,149 Km

Countries

Burundi DR Congo

Rwanda

Egypt

South Sudan

Ethiopia

The Sudan

Kenya

Tanzania Uganda Eritrea

Major Lakes within the Basin Lake Victoria, Lake Tana, Lake Kyoga, Lake Albert

Population (Total in all the Nile Countries)* 437 Million

% Population within the Nile Basin* 54% (238 Million)

Temperature Night Minimum -100c and daily Maximum in June 470c

Precipitation Max Annual 2,098 mm/yr in Ethiopia Min Annual 0 mm/yr in Egypt

Mean Annual �ow (Discharge) (m 3/yr) at Aswan 84 X 10 9 m3/yr

Discharge/Unit area 28 X 10 3 m3/Km 2

Main Consumptive Water use Agriculture

Date Activity Venue

Jan NCoRe Project E�ectiveness All Centers

Jan NELTAC/NELCOM Meeting Kigali

11 – 12th Feb Regional Meeting for National NBI Desk O�cers Entebbe

22nd Feb Nile Day celebrations (Regional and National) Bahr Dar, Ethiopia (for regional celebrations)

April 38th Nile-TAC Meeting Entebbe

Compiled by Tom Waako, Projects O�cer, Nile-SEC -Entebbe

Member states

What is the major determinant of population distribution in the Nile Basin?Send your answer to: editor@nilebasin.org

Answer to the previous quiz question The single most important intra basin agricultural trade commodity by volume among the Nile Basin riparian states is maize.

Burundi DR Congo RwandaEgypt South SudanEthiopia The SudanKenya Tanzania Uganda

Disclaimer: The views expressed in this newsletter do not necessarily represent those of NBI, its Member States or Partners

Editorial CommitteeChair Dorothy KaggwaEditor Jane K. BaitwaMembers Tom Waako John Ogwang

Send us your comments and views

Nile Basin Initiative SecretariatP.O. Box 192 Entebbe – UgandaTel +256 414 321 424 +256 414 321 329 +256 417 705 000Fax +256 414 320 971Email nbisec@nilebasin.orgWebsite http://www.nilebasin.org

NBI MEMBER STATES NBI SHARED VISION OBJECTIVE

To achieve sustainable socio-economic development through the equitable utilisation of, and benefit from, the common Nile Basin water resources.

Nile Basin Initiative SecretariatP. O. Box 192 Entebbe – UgandaTel: +256 417 705 000,+256 414 321 329 +256 414 321 424Email: nbisec@nilebasin.orgWebsite: www.nilebasin.org

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